Prolog -- Wirtschaftskrieg als neues ökonomisches Paradigma -- Die Geburt des Wirtschaftskriegs aus dem Geiste der Rivalität -- Das Menschen- und das Ordnungsbild im Wirtschaftskrieg -- Der institutionelle Rahmen des Wirtschaftskriegs -- Kooperative und agonale Theorien des Staats --...

Das Buch legt Wert auf eine klare definitorische Einführung der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Begrifflichkeiten. Es verbindet historisches wie aktuelles staatsphilosophisches Denken mit ökonomischen Denkstrukturen und führt in moderne mathematische Formalismen ein. Es behandelt...

Summary The rise of the East-German economy in the 1950s and 1960s and its decline in the 1970s and 1980s is difficult to explain by neoclassical economics. However; the observed life cycle may be explained by the inclusion of concepts from old and new institutional economics and from functional...

Summary We analyze the spatial interaction among regions in North America and in Western Europe. We use a gravity model extended by a spatial correlation structure where data allows to evaluate the spatial interaction in two dimensions: level of impact and the length of the spatial tail. This...

Recently, investments in new generation networks in Germany have been curtailed, since potential investors required this new network be unregulated. To develop a regulator's strategy that allows investments to occur but prevents monopolistic prices, we model an investor's decision problem under...

Summary We analyze the similarities and differences in terms of the demographic, social, political and economic situation of the two Germanies and the two Koreas before unification. Based on the German experience, we inquire whether there is room for economic policy unification strategies. An...